depravity

Example Sentences

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The lust for vengeance eventually gets the better of him, but Swenson leads us step by step to depravity through sorrow, injustice and humiliation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

That 2013 Respect at Work review looked into BBC culture in light of Jimmy Savile's depravity.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

At the Daily Beast, Jill Filipovic engages in some needed truth-telling about the depravity of the propaganda video:

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

She was equally moved, the prime minister said, adding: "It was her second visit, but no less harrowing than the first time she stepped through that gate and witnessed the depravity of what happened here."

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

“We do also, unfortunately,” replied my father, “for indeed I had rather have been for ever ignorant than have discovered so much depravity and ungratitude in one I valued so highly.”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley